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One Step Ahead Of The Blues chords
J.J. Cale

DA E (022100@1)4x *

D (xx0232@1)       AI (x02220@1)ain't high on cocaine
        EI (022100@1)don't need the pain
     D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)              EIt's (022100@1)bad for your brain and that's true
        D (xx0232@1)         AI (x02220@1)ain't dropping no names
        EI (022100@1)ain't playing no games
         D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         EI'm (022100@1)just one step ahead of the blues
D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         EOne (022100@1)step ahead of the blues

DA E (022100@1)2x

D (xx0232@1)        AFrom (x02220@1)Memphis to Reno
     EFrom (022100@1)New York to Tokyo
     D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)         EI'll (022100@1)try to come through for you
  D (xx0232@1)          AI (x02220@1)won't do you in
           E (022100@1) 
I ain't no fair-weather friend
         D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         EI'm (022100@1)just one step ahead of the blues
D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         EOne (022100@1)step ahead of the blues

D A E

D (xx0232@1)          AI (x02220@1)don't rob, I don't steal
        EI (022100@1)ain't begging no meal
  D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)           EI (022100@1)ain't driven to drink, I'm no fool
        D (xx0232@1)          AI (x02220@1)don't run with the crowd
        EI (022100@1)don't talk big and loud
         D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         EI'm (022100@1)just one step ahead of the blues
D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         EOne (022100@1)step ahead of the blues

DA E (022100@1)2x

D (xx0232@1)     AI've (x02220@1)been under a spell
             EI (022100@1)ain't been feeling well
     D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)               EI've (022100@1)been in a shell, and that's true
D (xx0232@1)            ADealing (x02220@1)with a curse
       EBut (022100@1)it couldn't be worse
          D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         EI've (022100@1)been one step ahead of the blues
D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         EOne (022100@1)step ahead of the blues
D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         EOne (022100@1)step ahead of the blues
D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         EOne (022100@1)step ahead of the blues

* Alternate:

Capo II

D = C
A = G
E = D

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